backslide
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Synonyms: backside, backslid, backshine, rockslide, backline, darkslide, backspike, backslider, bankside, backslides, back line
Antonyms: backside, backslid, backshine, rockslide, backline, darkslide, backspike, backslider, bankside, backslides, back line
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Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[regress]]; to slip [[backwards]] or revert to a previous, worse state.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[shirk]] [[responsibility]]; to [[renege]] on one's [[obligation]]s or [[commitment]]s.
- {{lb|en|Christianity}} To revert back into a life of [[sin]] after being [[saved]].
Noun
- A backward [[regression]]; a reverting back to a worse state.
- {{lb|en|dance}} A [[dance]] [[move]] in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the [[illusion]] of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
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